HISTORIC AGREEMENTS, PACTS, PEACES AND MAJOR CONTRACTS OF THE WORLD

Historic Agreements, Pacts, Peace’s and Major Contracts

1.          Peace agreement in 1901 namely “Boxer Protocol” was signed between the great powers and China.

2.    The republic of Cuba leased to the United States the Guntanamo Bay area under “Cuban-American Treaty” in 1903.  

3.       The Geneva Conventions comprise four treaties, and 3 additional protocols.

4.             The Geneva Conventions established the standards of international law
for the humanitarian treatment of the victim of war.

5.             Four Geneva Conventions were formulated in 1864, 1906, 1929 and 1949.

6.             The International Opium Convention signed on January 23, 1912 during the 'First International Opium Conference' was the first international drug control treaty and it was signed at Hagu.

7.             Treaty of London ended the First Balkan War and Treaty of Bucharest ended the Second Balkan War. Both treaties were signed in 1913.

8.             In 1919 Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War-I.

9.             Faisal Weizmann Agreement, Agreement for Arab-Jewish cooperation in the Middle East was signed in 1919.

10.          In 1919 a treaty was signed between the United Kingdom and
Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War and United Kingdom recognized Afghanistan's independence. The treaty is called Treaty of Rawalpindi.

11.          In 1920 Treaty of Sevres established peace between the Allies of World War I and the Ottoman Empire.

12.          In 1923 the 'Treaty of Lausanne' set the boundaries of Modern Turkey.

13.          'Treaty of Jeddah', 1927, established the independence of present-day Saudi Arabia from the United Kingdom.

14.          In 1931 'Treaty of Westminster' created the British Commonwealth.

15.          The United Kingdom withdrew its troops from Egypt except those
necessary to protect the Suez Canal and its surroundings after signing in 1936 the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty.

16.          A non-aggression pact "the Treaty of Saadabad" was signed in 1937 by Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.

17.          In 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement established rules for commercial and financial relations among the major industrial states.

18.          In 1944 'Convention on International Civil Aviation' established the
International Civil Aviation Organization and it was ratified in 1947.

19.          In 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade established Internal Trade Rules.

20.          In 1947 'Marshall Plan', a European recovery programme, was
announced by US Secretary of State, George Marshall aimed at providing economic assistance to the European nations in order to help these nations from the post-war shattered economies. Chief interest of USA was to, check influence of Communist USSR, in Europe.

21.          World War II ended formally in 1947 under Paris Peace Treaties.

22.          'The North Atlantic Treaty' established NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization), in 1949.

23.          Liaquat-Nehru Pact was signed between Pakistani Prime Minister
Liaquat Ali Khan and Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1950.

24.          'The ANZUS Treaty', alliance between Australia, New Zealand and the United States was Signed in 1952.

25.          In 1954 the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty established the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, (SEATO), a defensive alliance between Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, South Korea, South Vietnam, Thailand, the United Kingdom and USA.

26.          The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) was formed in 1955 by Iran,Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom is also known as the Baghdad Pact.

27.          The Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) original name was Middle East Treaty Organization or METO.

28.          The Warsaw Pact (1955) was the Alliance of, Central and Eastern European.

29.          In 1957 the European Economic Community was established by the Treaty of Rome.

30.          'International Atomic Energy Treaty' established International Atomic Energy Agency in 1957

31.          "Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone" providing
new universal legal controls for the management of marine natural
resources and the control of pollution were signed in 1958.

32.          "Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone" providing
new universal legal controls for the management of marine natural
resources and the control of pollution were signed in 1958.

33.          1959 "Antarctic Treaty System" set aside Antarctica as a scientific
preserve, establishes freedom of scientific investigation and bans military activity on the continent; comes into force in 1961.

34.          ndus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan was signed on Sep 19, 1960 at Karachi.

35.          Indus Waters Treaty agreement created on Indus Basin development fund of almost 900 million.